‘Dystopia of Abundance’ is what I felt after watching the imagery in the movie ‘Annihilation’ . Dystopia is the favorite theme of most sci-fi movies, however the dystopia is mostly barren, deserted, a jungle of concrete, broken landscape, full of death and misery. In short it is the full cocktail of depressive imagery. Annihilation breaks …
If you are a fence sitter in the nepotism debate, then Genius is the movie which will tip the balance towards #NoToNepotism! Nawazuddin Siddiqui is ‘the’ find of Bollywood cinema for this decade, his performance especially dialogue delivery with uncharacteristic poise is simply amazing. However, when nepotism gets in the way, we hear his voice …
During the rewatch, my mind wandered into exploring two questions about the human condition – What is attachment? And What is human motivation? For exploring attachment, we can look at the relationship between ‘Joe’ and ‘Joi.’ The fact that ‘Joe’ is himself a replicant (‘K’), his attachment with a completely virtual creation (‘Joi’) is enlightening. …